#Policing

TheRandomNarwhal

Random_Narwhal

Hey, I've been talking a lot about the whole George Floyd protests a lot lately, and one thing I think I haven't stressed enough is that there is a middle

ACLU

ACLU

A HISTORY OF US POLICING: A THREADThe modern system of policing is rotten to its core. Here’s how we got here. In the early 1700s, the Charleston slave patrol

#IStandWithTara

Christarchist

Dear people suddenly very concerned about what I'm going to do with my vote: You should have thought about that when we tried to tell you over and over and

BeerNouveau

BeerNouveau

The tram this morning has multiple groups of kids with no masks. Presumably "home" from schools that have closed for certain year groups, or entirely.And yet it's the masked, sanitised

aaron vansintjan🐙

a_vansi

A lot of people know Nobel Prize-winning economist Elinor Ostrom from her work on the commons. But many might not know that some of her first research in the 1970s

Kids Of Colour

KidsOfColourHQ

We wonder how many schools are preparing to support the specific trauma experienced by young people of colour due to COVID, and the even heavier weight that will be held

King County Equity Now (Official)

KCEquityNow

An entirely non-Black @SeattleCouncil is introducing a bill that guts efforts to divest from policing & invest in Black community. Ignoring calls from 1000s & 1000s of Black community members

Gregory McKelvey

GregoryMcKelvey

It is beyond me how any person could think that this man who is senselessly beating those he is sworn to protect and serve should also be who we send

x - Alex Ohári 🇭🇺🔴⚪️

FutureCanes

Bit of a thread.I urge everyone to support their favourite players and do so vocally, regardless of what haters might say, and regardless of your player’s “standing” on their team.For

aly ☯︎

alyllopez

tennessee v. garner (look it up) is the case that essentially legalized police brutality. until the supreme court overturns this ruling, police can kill whoever they want under the guise

masi museebtay ☭

khotay_ka_sir

Diasporas wanna gatekeep their western freedoms from homeland folk. Comfortable Islam for them while ruthless religious policing for us. I’m not saying they all do, but they CAN slip up,

Final Brain Cell

initialvw

1/ The announcement of @citizenlab cutting ties with @UTLaw and @IHRP_UofT is enormous. Here's some context.@citizenlab is likely the *most* important partner that the @IHRP_UofT has, internal or external to

Robert Mills

Robert_Mills

Okay, I usually don't engage with commentary and opinion pieces much, but this has even been texted to me, in addition to all the twitter comments today.Our columnist Peter Lucas

Maajid أبو عمّار

MaajidNawaz

Thread:Let’s stop repeating the trope that #Covid19 doesn’t discriminate. It does. The over 70s have a 68% death rate. Men die more than women (61% in the UK). And 35%

Richard Waghorne

richardwaghorne

This is fairly pathetic, promising zero prevention and enforcement, but it highlights the underlying crisis. Police measures to deal with XR have been struck down recently by increasingly irresponsible courts

Joshua Badge

joshuabadge

Hello friends! I want take a moment to talk about COVID-19 criminalisation as state govt's bring in tighter restrictions and dramatically ramp up policing (thread) Policing & criminalisation don't address